Item Grinding (Guide)
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For an introductions to items in general, see Items (Guide)
For templates on editing the Item grinding guides, see Item Grinding (Guide)/Formatting
Introduction[edit]
Grinds vs. carousels vs. conversions[edit]
For the purposes of this guide, a grind is a single repeatable action that reliably gives decent quantities of the expected item at little or no cost (besides actions). Grinds tend to generate lower-tier items, like Shards of Glim and Primordial Shrieks. For higher-tier items, you'll likely need to convert or do a carousel.
A carousel is a repeatable multi-action process. This guide includes some carousels, as these can also be considered a type of grind. Carousels involve going through a set series of actions, sometimes more than once, and often require raising a quality to a certain level and then cashing it out. Examples include the Boxful of Intrigue carousel (often used to obtain Mourning Candles), Dramatic Tension carousels War of Assassins and Wilmot's End (for Collections of Curiosities), and the various Arbor grinds. Another type of carousel involves a series of item conversions—notably the Cross conversion carousel for 50p items, which converts 50 of each item to 51 of the next and also raises 
Making Waves at certain points.
The third major way to obtain significant quantities of an item in Fallen London is to convert other items. This includes up-conversions (e.g., 
50 x Drops of Prisoner's Honey to 
10 x Romantic Notions) and side-conversions (e.g., 
50 x Compromising Documents to 
51 x Memories of Light). An expandable table for these can be found below.
Sorting the table below by the Tier 3 column will align the items in their cross-category conversion order.
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Grindable sources[edit]
The next sections list some of the most accessible and efficient grinds/carousels, and their requirements, for easy reference. Actions that are non-repeatable, or not easily repeatable (e.g., opportunity cards), are not included.
Academic[edit]
Academic items include: 
Memory of Discordance, 
Foxfire Candle Stub, 
Flask of Abominable Salts, 
Memory of Distant Shores, 
Incisive Observation, 
Unprovenanced Artefact, and 
Volume of Collated Research.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Academic Grinding (Guide) |
Books[edit]
Books include: 
Revisionist Historical Narrative, 
Corrective Historical Narrative, 
Slim Volume of Bazaarine Poetry, 
Page of Cryptopalaeontological Notes, 
Page of Prelapsarian Archaeological Notes, Page of Theosophistical Notes and 
Unusual Love Story.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Book Grinding (Guide) |
Cartography[edit]
Cartography items include: 
Shard of Glim, 
Map Scrap, 
Zee-Ztory, 
Partial Map, Puzzling Map, Cartographer's Hoard, and 
Collection of Curiosities.
Furthermore, Parabola-related items include: 
Sighting of a Parabolan Landmark, Glass Gazette, Vitreous Almanac, 
Oneiromantic Revelation, 
Parabolan Parable and 
Waswood Almanac.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Cartography Grinding (Guide) |
Contraband[edit]
Contraband include: 
Flawed Diamond, 
Ostentatious Diamond, 
London Street Sign, 
Use of Villains, Comprehensive Bribe, 
Hillmover, 
Magnificent Diamond, various filled Mirrorcatch boxes, and 
Fabulous Diamond.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Contraband Grinding (Guide) |
Curiosity[edit]
Grindable Curiosity items include: 
Laudanum, 
Tincture of Vigour, 
Implacable Detective's Business Card, 
Venom-Ruby, 
Sapphire, 
Horsehead Amulet, 
Whirring Contraption, and 
Strong-Backed Labour.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Curiosity Grinding (Guide) |
Currency[edit]
Currencies include: 
Fistful of Surface Currency, 
Assortment of Khaganian Coinage, 
First City Coin, 
Fourth-City Echo and 
Justificande Coin. For guidance on grinding 
Hinterland Scrip, see Hinterland Scrip-Making; for guidance on grinding Echoes, see Money-Making.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Currency Grinding (Guide) |
Elder[edit]
Elder items include: 
Jade Fragment, 
Relic of the Third City, 
Mystery of the Elder Continent, 
Presbyterate Passphrase, 
Antique Mystery, Primaeval Hint, and Elemental Secret.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Elder Grinding (Guide) |
Goods[edit]
Goods include: 
Certifiable Scrap, 
Nevercold Brass Sliver, 
Piece of Rostygold, Bessemer Steel Ingot, and 
Knob of Scintillack.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Goods Grinding (Guide) |
Great Game[edit]
Great Game items include: 
Well-Placed Pawn, 
Final Breath, 
Moves in the Great Game, 
Vienna Opening, and 
Vital Intelligence.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Great Game Grinding (Guide) |
Historical[edit]
Historical items include 
Trace of the First City, 
Relic of the Second City, Relic of the Fourth City, 
Rusted Stirrup, and 
Silvered Cat's Claw.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Historical Grinding (Guide) |
Infernal[edit]
Infernal items include: 
Soul, 
Amanita Sherry, 
Brilliant Soul, 
Muscaria Brandy, 
Brass Ring, 
Devilbone Die, 
Queer Soul, 
Silent Soul, 
Portfolio of Souls, 
Bright Brass Skull, and Coruscating Soul.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Infernal Grinding (Guide) |
Influence[edit]
Influence items include: 
Stolen Correspondence, 
Intriguing Snippet, Compromising Document, 
Secluded Address, 
Stolen Kiss, 
Favour in High Places, and 
Personal Recommendation.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Influence Grinding (Guide) |
Legal[edit]
Legal items include: Infernal Contract, 
Dubious Testimony, Sworn Statement, 
Cave-Aged Code of Honour, and Legal Document.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Legal Grinding (Guide) |
Luminosity[edit]
Luminosity items include: 
Lump of Lamplighter Beeswax, 
Phosphorescent Scarab, Memory of Light, 
Mourning Candle, 
Patent Scrutinizer, 
Eyeless Skull, 
Bejewelled Lens, and 
Ray-Drenched Cinder.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Luminosity Grinding (Guide) |
Mysteries[edit]
Mysteries items include: Whispered Hint, 
Cryptic Clue, 
Appalling Secret, 
Tale of Terror!!, 
Journal of Infamy, 
Extraordinary Implication, 
Uncanny Incunabulum, 
Direful Reflection, 
Searing Enigma, Dreadful Surmise, and 
Impossible Theorem.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Mysteries Grinding (Guide) |
Nostalgia[edit]
Nostalgia items include: Drop of Prisoner's Honey, Romantic Notion, 
Vision of the Surface, 
Touching Love Story, Bazaar Permit, Captivating Ballad and 
Soothe & Cooper Long-Box.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Nostalgia Grinding (Guide) |
Osteology[edit]
Osteology items include a wide variety of bones.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Assembling a Skeleton (Guide)/Bone Sources |
Rag Trade[edit]
Rag Trade items include: 
Silk Scrap, 
Surface-Silk Scrap, 
Whisper-Satin Scrap, 
Thirsty Bombazine Scrap, 
Puzzle-Damask Scrap, 
Parabola-Linen Scrap, 
Scrap of Ivory Organza, and 
Veils-Velvet Scrap.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Rag Trade Grinding (Guide) |
Ratness[edit]
Ratness items include: 
Rat on a String, 
Baptised Rattus Faber Corpse, 
Rat of Glory, and 
Venge-Rat Corpse.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Ratness Grinding (Guide) |
Rubbery[edit]
Rubbery items include: 
Nodule of Deep Amber, 
Unearthly Fossil, 
Nodule of Trembling Amber, 
Nodule of Warm Amber, Nodule of Pulsating Amber, 
Nodule of Fecund Amber, and 
Fluke-Core.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Rubbery Grinding (Guide) |
Rumour[edit]
Rumour items include: 
Proscribed Material, 
Inkling of Identity, 
Scrap of Incendiary Gossip, 
An Identity Uncovered!, 
Night on the Town, 
Blackmail Material, 
Diary of the Dead, 
Intriguer's Compendium, and 
Rumourmonger's Network.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Rumour Grinding (Guide) |
Sustenance[edit]
Sustenance items include 
Parabolan Orange-apple, 
Jasmine Leaves, 
Basket of Rubbery Pies, 
Crate of Incorruptible Biscuits, 
Tin of Zzoup, 
Hand-picked Peppercaps, and 
Sausage About Which No One Complains.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Sustenance Grinding (Guide) |
Theological[edit]
Theological items include 
Verse of Counter-Creed, Palimpsest Scrap, 
Apostate's Psalm, and 
False Hagiotoponym.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Theological Grinding (Guide) |
Wild Words[edit]
Wild Words include: 
Primordial Shriek, 
Maniac's Prayer, 
Correspondence Plaque, 
Aeolian Scream, 
Storm-Threnody, Night-Whisper, 
Starstone Demark, and Breath of the Void.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Wild Words Grinding (Guide) |
Wines [edit]
Wines include: 
Bottle of Greyfields 1879, 
Bottle of Greyfields 1882, Bottle of Greyfields 1868 First Sporing, 
Bottle of Morelways 1872, 
Bottle of Strangling Willow Absinthe, 
Bottle of Broken Giant 1844, 
Cellar of Wine, 
Bottle of Fourth City Airag: Year of the Tortoise, 
Vial of Tears of the Bazaar, and 
Vial of Masters' Blood.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Wines Grinding (Guide) |
Zee Treasures[edit]
Zee Treasures include: 
Moon-Pearl, 
Deep-zee Catch, 
Royal-Blue Feather, 
Ambiguous Eolith, 
Carved Ball of Stygian Ivory, and 
Live Specimen.
| A player-created Guide is available for this content: Zee Treasures Grinding (Guide) |
